The typical life cycle of a business involves five distinct stages.
During each stage I provide services unique to that phase. Whatever stage you are at, I can assist you with your request for help for my company.
START UP
1. business owner sounding board
Often owners of privately held companies lack the resources or network of professionals to bounce ideas off.
Sometimes they just need a trusted advisor to talk to.
GROWTH
2. DECISION making
When it becomes necessary to make important decisions about your business, or life in general, it is important to have an expert to walk you through the process of making sound decisions.
STABILITY
3. leadership improvement
Everyone could use help to improve their leadership skills. This includes establishing and communicating a vision for the business, getting stakeholders and employees to buy into the vision, leading a team to success, and improving interpersonal skills.
DISTRESS
distress
This stage of a company’s life includes financial and operational downturns. It may also include internal or external crisis and extreme change. In this stage I provide:
1. Turn around planning
Turning a company around requires a solid analysis of the situation and a plan to address the issues and implement corrective actions.
2. problem solving
Often a business is confronted with a specific problem, rather than a full blown crisis. I help my clients, like in other stages, to talk through the problem and its causes, and create viable solutions to address the problem.
3. crisis management
Sometimes a company experiences a full on crisis, whether internal or external, and it is all hands on deck. I help my clients to create and implement a crisis management plan. Often a level headed approach from an outsider is needed.
4. conflict resolution
When there is conflict between owners, employees, vendors, or customers, I can help devise conflict management strategies in the workplace in a way that protects the integrity of the business.
5. interim Mangement
From time to time business owners just aren’t able to pull it off. They may be great at selling or providing a service, but they are just not capable of a do it yourself approach to running the business. This can be temporary or permanent. I can take on the role of an Interim Manager until it makes sense to bring in permanent management or return it to the owner.
EXIT
exit planning
It is important to make sure that the company can continue without the current owner’s involvement. I help create and implement a plan for management or ownership succession. I help owners plan for their exit, practically, and mentally, making sure they have the resources for a successful exit.
1. Exit Planning and Succession Planning
It is important to make sure that the company can continue without the current owner’s involvement. I help create and implement a plan for management or ownership succession. I help owners plan for their exit, practically, and mentally, making sure they have the resources for a successful exit.
2. Prepare for sale
If the exit plan involves the sale of the business, I use my past experience as an investment banker to help prepare the business for a successful sale. This involves making sure that everything is in place to achieve the most successful and profitable outcomes possible and connecting them with the right resources for tax, legal, and sale services. I can show you how to sell your company, with or without a broker.
